Monthly Archives: September 2015

Ensuring the corporate values are a part of daily life in a Christian ministry is one of the crucial strategies to prevent mission drift. As a ministry leader, it is your job to transmit your ministry’s values to your staff, volunteers, and supporters. More

Authored by Nevena Urosevic, Associate Director of Legal Affairs On September 12, 2015, the Government of Canada announced the creation of the Syrian Emergency Relief Fund. The Government has promised to match every dollar donated by individual Canadians to registered Canadian charities, up to $100 million, in order to bring… More

Your website is usually the first point of contact between your ministry and potential donors, visitors, or volunteers. It’s an opportunity to make a good first impression and encourage action—whether that be attending a worship service, making a donation, or signing up to volunteer. Unfortunately, many ministries don’t invest enough… More

In the recent edition of the Alberta publication Law Matters law professor of tax law and policy, Saul Templeton, of the University of Calgary wrote an article arguing that Trinity Western University’s (TWU) charitable status should be revoked. Templeton’s article is not only provocative but unfortunately, completely ignores charity law…. More

Authored by Nevena Urosevic, Associate Director of Legal Affairs Noteworthy’s blog post titled Charity Highlights of Budget 2015 outlined and explained the three proposed changes to charity law found in Budget 2015. They are: Capital gains tax exemptions for donations of proceeds from the sale of private shares and real… More

Authored by Nevena Urosevic On August 21, 2015, the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) published an Advisory on partisan political activities. Though it is similar in content to the Policy Statement CPS-022 on Political Activities, and the guideline on Partisan political activities, it contains additional examples of partisan political activities not… More